Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Safety
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 3 November 2026.
About the role
NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Safety group is seeking a Senior Software Safety Engineer to ensure software products and development processes meet automotive safety standards for autonomous driving.
What you'll do
- Work with deep learning engineering teams across NVIDIA to ensure software products and development processes align with automotive safety standards.
- Guide development teams toward implementation of ISO 26262.
- Influence software and hardware architecture from a safety perspective.
- Drive and support engineering activities according to ISO 26262 standards across concept, design, development, and validation phases.
- Support internal and external ISO 26262 process and product audits.
What you'll need
- BS or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of software engineering experience in C/C++.
- Significant experience defining processes for quality and safety conformance for mission-critical applications.
- Working knowledge of ISO process standards, methodologies, audit expectations, and documentation standards.
- Knowledge of ISO 26262 functional safety methodology and standards.
Skills: ISO 26262, functional safety, automotive safety standards, C/C++, autonomous driving
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This role has been open 79 days — well above the 67-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
116
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Median days open
67 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$260k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (116 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 18 | 116 |
| Median days open | 72 d | 67 d (+5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $260k |
Skills observed across this category: ISO 26262, functional safety, automotive safety standards, C/C++, autonomous driving
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 27 open roles · median 42 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 70 d
- Infineon Technologies · 12 open roles · median 59 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 62 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 208 d
- Arm Holdings · 5 open roles · median 6 d
How we counted: 116 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.